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> What a waste of government time and spending Was the switch to Calibri in 2023 also a waste of time and money, or are font switches only bad when the Trump administration does th…

Aside from arguments about performance and memory safety, I'm generally more likely to try something written in Rust (or Go) because projects in those languages tends to be easy to…

I live in the US and I see something similar when shopping at Aldi. They charge like 5 or 10 cents per bag, but it's enough that most people will bring their own or not use bags at…

It's quite easy to spin a false narrative when you cherry-pick cases, misrepresent facts, and leave out important context. > a white couple waved guns at the protestors If this is …

I'm sure that had far more to do with the threats he was shouting at the other passengers than his social status

Lowering taxes and allowing people to keep their own money qualifies as "redistribution" now?

And what purpose would that serve? Tesla is not a media company. It doesn't publish news and it doesn't claim to be objective. Nobody is interested in how their sources of funding …

> But not the BBC, curiously You should check these things before posting. It says "Government-funded Media" right at the top of the page here: https://twitter.com/BBC

Why weren't eggs ever expensive before the last couple years? Did corporations just suddenly become greedy around that time?

Did you actually read the article? If this was just due to increased diagnosis, one would expect rates of self-harm and suicide to stay the same or fall as kids are able to get bet…

Much of the Earth's surface is not suitable for growing trees, either because it's too dry, to wet, to cold, poor soil or lack of soil, etc. The article gives examples of planting …

The Asians present in North America are not a random sample. A large portion of them came here specifically to work in STEM or other fields requiring high levels of intelligence an…

Correlation != causation. It could be that people with genes for high intelligence tend to be in high demand on the job market and make a lot of money, and also tend to pass those …

> We don’t provide free access to test prep. There's tons of sample tests, vocabulary flashcards, and advice on test taking strategy available completely free online. There's no se…

So is height, and historically there have been large differences in height between the rich and poor. In modern developed countries, however, there doesn't seem to be any significa…

> For example, Nigerian immigrants (both first and second gen) are vastly more educated than the average American This is not a good example because the immigration process itself …

> Agricultural societies can subjugate conquered lands so much faster than hunter gatherer and nomadic peoples. Nomadic people are quite capable of conquering land, the most obviou…

Exactly. When these sorts of acts are committed by non-whites, they disappear quickly from the news cycle and the race of the perpetrator is not mentioned or not emphasized. Anyone…

These "hate hoaxes" are quite common. A few of the more prominent examples from recent years include Jussie Smollett, the Rolling Stone rape story, Yasmin Seweid, and Covington Cat…

I agree this was a bad example. Of course people who try and copy the strategy of a very successful person are not going to be as successful themselves, because the people that com…

> To my eye, they talk about money, they frame the question about money When 18 year old kids with no income are taking out tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars of loans to pay…

> But scientists are subjective and biased Maybe, but how much does that matter? If the bias of these scientists is leading them to publish incorrect or low quality research, then …

Imagine if someone made a similar product, but explicitly marketed towards white people. How well would that be received here?

> the main thing stopping you is not government oppression, it's the fact that a majority of voters want you to not do that Do you really think that a majority of voters would want…